Cyprus Annexed by Venice
1489
Queen Caterina Cornaro, a Venetian noblewoman widowed on the Cypriot throne, was persuaded to abdicate and cede the island to the Serenissima. Venice paraded her through Venice with honors while quietly acquiring its largest overseas base. Cyprus would remain Venetian for eighty-two years, until the Ottomans took it in an even bloodier siege.
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Also in 1489 (3 other events on record)
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- Treaty of Medina del Campo · Europe · Politics
- Caterina Cornaro Abdicates · Europe · Politics
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Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.